1.  Demonstrate how to prepare the soil for planting.

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 2.  Plant and cultivate 6 or more kinds (10 of each) of vegetables in a garden plot.

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 3.  Demonstrate the proper use, care and maintenance of home gardening tools.

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 4.  Explain how to keep insects, small animals, and disease from harming your garden.

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 5.  Explain how and when you would use insecticides on green leafy vegetables, root
     vegetables, and fruit-bearing vegetables.

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 6.  Keep a weekly log of the growth and development of your garden.  Keep records
     of the cost and man-hours spent there.

     (Attach to this worksheet)

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 7.  Demonstrate tow to harvest and prepare some of your vegetables.  Prepare some
     of your vegetables for a family meal.

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 8.  Prepare a compost pile from the waste products from your garden and your yard.

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 9.  Demonstrate and explain the proper preparation of the soil immediately after
     the harvest season.

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10.  List and explain the nutritional value of a leafy vegetable, a root vegetable,
     and a fruit-bearing vegetable.

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11.  Explain how to preserve leafy, root, and fruit-bearing vegetables for future
     consumption by canning, storing, freezing, etc.

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